Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1887-05-19


Special correepondenceCf Gazette and journal
ELKros, May rs. = A number Of Elkton
and Chesapeake City Mssons attended
the centennial celebration In Baltimore
ON Wednesday and yesterday.
Shockley Il Smith auctioneers, yester-
day sold at public sale ct the courthouse
door the EtherinRton farm, containing
1T5 acres In the First district to Parvis a
Williams Company for $4,000 The
property 10 subject TO a mortgage OF
IS, 600.
Ttcie was a serious stahbing sffrsy en-
Wednesday in the First district at the
home of George Msnnon, who 10 the
uuele OF the George Mannon who was
tried and acquitted OF the murder Of
Billy the Joker Thomas johnson and
| George Little, two colored youths age d
respectively 10 and IS years, work for
Mannon. They ate breakfast before sun
rise on Wednesday in company with an
other eolored niau, md became involved
in quarrel over johnson taking some
food.
| johnson, who wss seen yesterday at the
| Jail where he was brought late Wednes-
day night, gave the following account OF
| tho ARRAY Little Awore ut the prisoner
Il anu thfehteutu W ALL AihlAit tiu Whuh VIZ
latter told him to stop, drew back to hit
him with q pen-knife. Johnson antici-
pated this and stabbed Little below the
ribs with butcher knife he was eating
with. Little did not appear much hurt nj
first. johnson wiped the blood off the
knife and went on eating with it. john
son is native OF Essex county, Virginia,
and Ia very dark, short and thiok-set.
Il Def enb - ntEo.
tor for the building Of the Baltimore u
Ohio Philadelphia extension, was indicted
by the last grand Jury for obtaining
goods under false pratences. Prendible
was involved in law suit over the pos
session of some gunpowder which the
| court ordered that he could possess by
paying the sum of 5000. Prendible pre-
sented his eheqne for the amount TO q
deputy sheriff while William j. Smith,
who was sheriff at that time, was absent.
The chsque proved worthless, and the
sheriff was left responsible for the
amount. Sheriff Mackey secured requi.
sition from Governor Floyd on Governor
Beaver, and the latter issued warrant
for the arrest of Prendible. He was ar
rested at Lock Haven, Pa, where he
resides, but had o writ of habeas corpus
4
which was then in session. He was held
in $500 bail for hearing on Monday
next. Sheriff Mackey returned home
. yesterday.
ELKToN, May 16.-Mrs. Jane Taylor
widow of the late Joseph Taylor, dice
| yesterday afternoon at the residence Of
. her son,in-law, Robert Marshbank, il
this town, aged 80 years. Mrs. Taylo
was twice married and leaves four child
! rem, two sons and two daughters. or th,
former j. Hare Taylor is a dentist o
: Philadelphia and George W. Taylo
! holds position in the Baltimore custom
! house under Collector Groome.
Mrs. Sarah A Myers, widow of Captain
William Myers of Cecilton, died on Thurs
: day of burns received about two week
! ago. She would have been 80 years oil
had she lived until September. He
: funeral took place on Saturday at tn
:. Oecilton M, E, Church. The intermen
!, was made at st. Stephens cemetery, Earl
vile.
I The Mexicsn Circus which visited her
: on Friday was not very well patronized
y but the performance was good.